![]() Capitalism asks us to work as hard as we can to accumulate as much wealth as we can, and then once we have some money, it asks us to invest it rather than spend it. Rich people take their money and spend it luxuries or use it to gain power. Weber tells us that in traditional societies, people usually work as hard as is necessary to meet their basic needs, and no harder. ![]() These things are so familiar to us in modern America that it’s startling to be reminded how culturally specific they are. ![]() A capitalist enterprise has two necessary ingredients: a disciplined labor force, and an owner class that re-invests its capital. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?” There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys. Nick Seaver calls it “the 1-2 relatable-canonical punch.”ĭavid Foster Wallace likes to tell this parable: ![]() ![]() The transition between their prose styles is like gliding downhill on a bike into a brick wall. Our first reading in the class was Ta-Nehisi Coates. Note-taking for Learning of Culture with Lisa Stulberg ![]()
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